New Mexico Register
/ Volume XXIX, Issue 10 / May 29, 2018
TITLE
16 OCCUPATIONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
CHAPTER 17 OSTEOPATHIC
MEDICINE
PART 6 REINSTATEMENT
16.17.6.1 ISSUING AGENCY:
Regulation and Licensing Department - New Mexico Board
of Osteopathic Medicine.
[16.17.6.1 NMAC - N, 6-11-2018]
16.17.6.2 SCOPE:
All licensed osteopathic physicians.
[16.17.6.2 NMAC - N, 6-11-2018]
16.17.6.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
These rules of practice and procedure govern the practice of osteopathic
medicine in New Mexico and are promulgated pursuant to and in accordance with
the Osteopathic Medicine Act, Sections 61-10-5 NMSA 1978.
[16.17.6.3 NMAC - N, 6-11-2018]
16.17.6.4 DURATION:
Permanent
[16.17.6.4 NMAC - N, 6-11-2018]
16.17.6.5 EFFECTIVE DATE:
June 11, 2018, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.
[16.17.6.5 NMAC - N, 6-11-2018]
16.17.6.6 OBJECTIVE:
To establish reinstate requirements for physicians who have allowed
their license to lapse.
[16.17.6.6 NMAC - N, 6-11-2018]
16.17.6.7 DEFINITIONS:
[Reserved]
16.17.6.8 REINSTATEMENT
OF LICENSE:
A. Lapsed license: An applicant whose license has lapsed for
failure to renew his license may apply for reinstatement of his license. An applicant who has allowed his license to
lapse may reinstate his license without monetary penalty within 24 hours but
will not be allowed to practice osteopathic medicine while the license is
lapsed. An applicant who has allowed his license to lapse for a period greater
than three years may not apply for reinstatement. Such an individual must re-apply for a
license. All applications for
reinstatement shall be accompanied by the following:
(1) proof of completion of 75 board
approved continuing education hours obtained in the preceding three years; in
the event an applicant has not completed the requisite number of continuing
education credits, the board may require that the applicant successfully pass
the SPEX examination or complete a course designated by the board;
(2) a chronology
of medical activities during the entire period the license has been in a lapsed
status. In the event an applicant has
not actively engaged in the practice of medicine in New Mexico during the
period of lapse, the board in its discretion may require the applicant to
successfully pass the SPEX examination or complete a course designated by the
board;
(3) three
letters of recommendation from osteopathic physicians who have known the
applicant professionally and personally for one year; all letters of
recommendation must be mailed directly to the board from the recommending
physician;
(4) a list of
hospitals and their addresses where the applicant has worked during the five
years immediately preceding application for reinstatement;
(5) a passport
sized photograph taken within the preceding year; and
(6) payment of
reinstatement fee and current renewal fee.
B. Reinstatement
of inactive license: An applicant must request in writing to the board
office a request for inactive license to be reactivated to a full unrestricted
license.
C. Disciplinary action:
(1) An applicant whose license has been
suspended or revoked pursuant to Section 61-10-15 NMSA 1978 may request
reinstatement of his license. All
requests must be in writing and must be accompanied by all required
information. Additionally, the applicant
must appear before the board and must demonstrate that he has been sufficiently
rehabilitated from the offense that gave rise to his suspension or probation
that he may engage in the practice of medicine as required by the Osteopathic
Physician Practice Act, Sections 61-10-1 through 61-10-22 NMSA 1978.
(2) The board may require that the
applicant successfully pass the SPEX examination or complete a course
designated by the board.
[16.17.6.8 NMAC - N, 6-11-2018]
HISTORY
OF 16.17.6 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC
History: The material in this part was derived from
that previously filed with the state records center and archives:
BOSE
69-1, Practice Guide for Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons in New Mexico,
filed 06-05-69.
Rule 8,
Revocation or Refusal of License, filed 12-07-88.
History
of Repealed Material: Rule 8, Revocation or Refusal
of License (filed 12-07-88) repealed 10-29-2004.
16.17.6
NMAC, Revocation or Refusal of Licensure, repealed effective 6-11-2018.
Other
History:
Rule 8,
Revocation or Refusal of License (filed 12-07-88) replaced by 16.17.6 NMAC,
Revocation or Refusal of License, effective 10-29-2004.